2024-4-10 15:37 |
On April 8, YouTube saw a flood of fake Space X giveaway scams executed under the guise of live streams dedicated toward the April 8 solar eclipse. The scams were first spotted by the research group Mysk, which pointed out… origin »
2024-4-10 15:37 |
On April 8, YouTube saw a flood of fake Space X giveaway scams executed under the guise of live streams dedicated toward the April 8 solar eclipse. The scams were first spotted by the research group Mysk, which pointed out… origin »
In a joint effort, SpaceX and BitOK have revealed a fraudulent crypto giveaway orchestrated by scammers impersonating Elon Musk, who managed to raise $165,000 in donations. The scheme was said to involve a deepfake version of Elon Musk in live…
2023-11-24 01:25 | |
The WhiteSecure corporate cybersecurity solutions platform has revealed an increase in cases of fraud with USDT on the YouTube video hosting platform. The results of the WhiteSecure study indicate the need to take control of the situation, since the number of fake video broadcasts they found exceeded three thousand.
2023-2-16 19:11 | |
Хакеры атаковали ряд популярных криптовалютных YouTube-блогеров и от их имени опубликовали видео с призывами отправить деньги. Об этом сообщил аналитик Mr. Whale. BREAKING: Dozens of Crypto YouTubers have had their accounts hijacked by hackers promoting a fake crypto giveaway scam.
2022-1-24 11:02 | |
Crypto scammers have stepped up their acts in devising new means of defrauding their victims as new research has revealed that they now doctor YouTube videos of influential people in the crypto industry to promote fake crypto giveaways.
2021-11-27 05:00 | |
On Tuesday, a California state judge dismissed the case filed against YouTube by Apple Inc’s co-founder, Steve Wozniak. In the lawsuit, Wozniak claimed that his image was used in some YouTube videos to promote a fake Bitcoin giveaway.
2021-6-3 13:09 | |
CEO Ripple Брэд Гарлингхаус сообщил, что он и компания заключили мировое соглашение с YouTube по иску, поданному против видеохостинга в 2020 году. Last year, @Ripple and I sued @YouTube for failing to enforce its own policies by allowing fake accounts (impersonating my/Ripple’s verified accounts) to conduct XRP giveaway scams.
2021-3-10 11:56 | |
Принадлежащая братьям Уинклвоссам криптовалютная биржа Gemini предупредила пользователей о двух поддельных аккаунтах компании на видеохостинге YouTube. 1/3 📢 Two Youtube accounts were taken over by a hacker that converted YouTube accounts to look like fake Gemini accounts, using our brand name and our logo.
2020-12-8 18:11 | |
Founder of XRPlorer Thomas Silkj?r stated that initiators of fake XRP giveaways on YouTube have increased their "profits" since Saturday, from 97,500 to 940,000 XRP
2020-8-17 15:20 | |
2 for 1 Bitcoin scam promotions very similar to the recent global twitter hack continue running on YouTube
2020-7-24 04:00 | |
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has joined the legal fray in suing YouTube over fake crypto giveaways using his image.
2020-7-23 03:07 | |
YouTubers have reported seeing fake BTC giveaway ads pop up while watching content on the streaming platform. Many users, especially those in the crypto community, are angry and confused as...
2020-7-12 18:49 | |
Scammers have been setting up fake YouTube streams that 'feature' Elon Musk and other big-names. One of them brought in over 16 BTC
2020-6-8 16:41 | |
Ripple Labs and CEO Brad Garlinghouse are suing YouTube over allegations that the video streaming giant has failed to police its platform against fake XRP giveaway scams, resulting in monetary damage to users and reputational harm to Ripple.
2020-4-22 23:39 | |
When the co-founder of SPQR Media (and presumably Ripple supporter) alerted Brad Garlinghouse of a fake YouTube account using his name, the Ripple CEO lost his calm. He took to Twitter to call for greater action on scammers, saying “enough is enough” and warning “more to come.
2020-3-26 16:00 | |
Someone created a Youtube account pretending to be Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, to scam users. The scammer promoted an XRP airdrop requesting deposits from 2,000 XRP to 250,000 XRP to participate, offering high amounts as a “reward” after an airdrop.
2020-3-25 09:54 | |
Bogus YouTube account exposes a fake XRP airdrop scam to over 270,000 subscribers, impersonates Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse
2020-3-25 17:02 | |
Coinspeaker Google CEO Sundar Pichai Apologized to Donald Trump, Google Working on COVID-19 WebsiteCurrently, Google is working on a website devoted to COVID-19. Serving an informative function, the website will also remove fake information about the virus on YouTube, Google Maps, Google developer platforms, and across ads.
2020-3-17 17:46 | |
It looks like crypto scammers have completely lost their creativity. XRP becomes the target of a new fraudulent airdrop campaign
2020-2-16 21:30 | |
Youtube has become infested with ethereum, bitcoin, bitcoin cash, and xrp scams whereby endless fake livestreams of notable individuals pretend they are giving away eth, bitcoin, bitcoin cash, or even.
2020-2-13 21:00 | |
A fake Litecoin Foundation operating on YouTube and Facebook is apparently scamming people out of their LTC. The scheme was recently exposed on Twitter. It’s another day in the cryptocurrency world and yet another scam is making the rounds.
2019-12-26 11:15 | |
A new crypto scam has appeared and this time it does not involve Elon Musk nor any Nigerian Prince. Jon Moore, known as the CEO of Tech Support, and the Litecoin Foundation’s John Kim have recently found a scam in which the criminals try to impersonate the founder of Litecoin, Charlie Lee. This is a […]
2019-11-15 01:23 | |
Fraudsters are streaming YouTube interviews with Litecoin creator Charlie Lee. They claim that the Litecoin Foundation is giving away 50K LTC in exchange for money.
2019-11-14 19:20 | |
Cryptocurrency scammers are exploring new ventures. For some, the focus has seemingly shifted to YouTube. This new method of attack has proven to be rather lucrative so far. A lot of harm can be done by creating fake video content.
2019-11-3 00:26 | |
Crypto thieves are now embedding Qulab, the information-stealing and clipboard hijacking Trojan in YouTube videos promoting a fake Bitcoin generator tool, in a bid to steal victims’ bitcoin and other virtual currencies, according to a report by BleepingComputer on May 29, 2019.
2019-5-31 09:00 | |
Video-sharing website mistakenly promotes malicious advertisement for Bitcoin wallet Electrum, before taking it down.
2019-3-28 12:09 | |
YouTube reportedly ran a fake, malicious advertisement for crypto wallet Electrum by mistake
2019-3-27 23:03 | |
WhatsApp has faced a lot of criticism for the way it’s handled fake news in India. In its latest move to battle misinformation, the company has launched three TV commercials in India to spread awareness about the issue amongst its users in the country.
2018-12-3 15:14 | |
Two of Bitcoin Cash’s most high-profile supporters have fallen out over the pending BCH hard fork. Craig “Fake Satoshi” Wright sent an abusive email to Roger Ver earlier this week.
2018-11-10 02:00 | |
Many of us are familiar with the term “DApp,” which stands for “decentralized application. ”Foundationally, a DApp is an application that runs using blockchain technology on a decentralized network of computers instead of on a central database.
2018-9-4 21:43 | |
Addressing the spread of misinformation on Twitter, CEO Jack Dorsey told CNN’s Brian Stelter over the weekend that the company isn’t in a hurry to begin proactively taking down fake news posted on its platform.
2018-8-20 10:23 | |
Beleaguered Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg caused quite a stir last week in an interview with Recode’s Kara Swisher. In their 90 minute talk, Zuckerberg and Swisher discussed Facebook‘s wild ride the past two years, including his thoughts on fake news and what the company was doing to prevent its spread.
2018-7-26 03:02 | |